VOTE SET TO EXPAND MOSQUITO CONTROL AREA.Byline: Charles F. Bostwick Staff Writer QUARTZ HILL - Pointing to the health threat of the west Nile virus West Nile virus, microorganism and the infection resulting from it, which typically produces no symptoms or a flulike condition. The virus is a flavivirus and is related to a number of viruses that cause encephalitis. , Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley mosquito control officials will ask property owners a second time to approve expanding the district into Quartz Hill, Rancho ran·cho n. pl. ran·chos Southwestern U.S. 1. A hut or group of huts for housing ranch workers. 2. A ranch. Vista and west Palmdale. Joining the district would cost property owners $6.40 to $9 a year, officials said. ``We are experiencing a serious increase of west Nile virus this year throughout the state, affecting both people and animals - especially horses. We're very concerned about the residents in the areas not receiving mosquito control,'' Antelope Valley Mosquito and Vector Control Vector control is any method to limit or eradicate the vectors of vector born diseases, for which the pathogen (e.g. virusor parasite) is transmitted by a vector which can be mammals, birds or arthropods, especially insects, and more specifically mosquitoes. District manager Cei Kratz said in an announcement of the election. The election will be conducted by mail among property owners, not registered voters. Ballots are expected to be mailed out April 27 and must be returned by June 28. The votes would be weighted by the amount of each property owner's assessment. A majority is needed. About 3,000 to 4,000 property owners own houses, land and businesses in the areas of west Lancaster, west Palmdale and Quartz Hill where property owners two years ago voted down joining the district. The June election gives time to add the new levy to the property tax bills that come out in December. District workers will begin spraying to kill mosquito larvae Larvae, in Roman religion Larvae: see lemures. this summer if the expansion passes, officials said. About 250 people have signed petitions asking for the election, officials said. Officials are considering counting the votes by zones - one north of Avenue N and one south of Avenue N, plus a much smaller zone involving only about 100 residents in pockets of unincorporated Adj. 1. unincorporated - not organized and maintained as a legal corporation unorganised, unorganized - not having or belonging to a structured whole; "unorganized territories lack a formal government" territory. The assessment could be approved in one zone and rejected in others. West Nile virus last year infected more than 300 Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County residents, including 190 who became ill enough to be hospitalized and 13 who died. The largest outbreak was in the San Gabriel Valley The San Gabriel Valley is one of the principal valleys of southern California. It lies to the east of the city of Los Angeles, to the north of the Puente Hills, to the south of the San Gabriel Mountains, and to the west of the Inland Empire. . The human case closest to the Antelope Valley occurred in Saugus. While no human cases were reported last year in the Antelope Valley, two horses became sick, one so seriously it was euthanized. Run by a board appointed by county supervisors, the mosquito abatement district was established in 1958 to finance inspection for mosquito- breeding sites and killing of mosquito larvae in a 280-square-mile area covering most of Lancaster, parts of Quartz Hill, central and eastern Palmdale and farmland east of Lancaster. Officials said they do not know why Rancho Vista was not brought into the district when the area - then farmland - was annexed to Palmdale more than 20 years ago. Rancho Vista is the most heavily populated pop·u·late tr.v. pop·u·lat·ed, pop·u·lat·ing, pop·u·lates 1. To supply with inhabitants, as by colonization; people. 2. of the areas proposed for annexation into the district. Charles F. Bostwick, (661) 267-5742 chuck.bostwick(at)dailynews.com |
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